Toshack poised to leave Wales job
05.09.2010 21:00:14
John Toshack is on the verge of quitting as Wales manager after the defeat in Montenegro, BBC Sport understands.
Pension age hike "untouchable" in France debate
05.09.2010 20:48:36
PARIS (Reuters) - The French government will consider changes to details of its pension reform proposals but will not back down from the basic plan to raise the retirement age, top advisers to President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Sunday. 
Berlusconi rival Fini "will not force election"
05.09.2010 20:38:12
ROME (Reuters) - Gianfranco Fini, the former ally of Silvio Berlusconi turned bitter rival, made a fierce attack on the Italian prime minister Sunday but said he would avoid steps that could trigger an early election. Fini, the speaker of the lower house of parliament, was expelled in July from the People of Freedom (PDL) party he set up with Berlusconi, leaving the government without a secure majority after months of increasing friction between the two. 
Congo: 70 dead, 200 missing in 2 boat capsizes
05.09.2010 20:20:27
Two boat capsizes in one weekend on Congo's vast rivers have left 70 people dead and 200 others feared dead in unrelated incidents that were both characterized by heavily loaded boats operated with few safety measures, officials said Sunday.
Islamist threat to Germany is growing say police
05.09.2010 19:56:42
BERLIN (Reuters) - The threat of Islamist attacks in Germany is growing as numbers of people returning from militant camps on the Afghan-Pakistan border rise, a senior police official said. 
In wake of Earl, U.S. eyes other potential storms
05.09.2010 19:54:15
The remnants of Tropical Storm Gaston look very likely to strengthen again as a tropical cyclone in the Atlantic and could threaten the Caribbean's Leeward Islands in coming days.
Dozens killed, missing in Guatemala landslides
05.09.2010 19:30:11
 Torrential rains from a tropical depression caused landslides that have killed at least 38 people in Guatemala — some of them rescuers who had come to save people already trapped by a wall of mud.
At least 40 missing in new Guatemala landslides
05.09.2010 19:21:39
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - At least 40 people were missing in Guatemala on Sunday after a massive landslide buried up to 100 trying to dig out a bus caught in deep mud as torrential rains battered the country. 
Bahrain steps up pressure on Shiite 'plotters'
05.09.2010 19:09:14
 What began last month with the arrest of an opposition leader in Bahrain has mushroomed into a full-blown political offensive in the tiny Gulf nation with big fault lines: U.S.-allied Sunni rulers against members of a Shiite majority being cast as coup plotters who could open the door to Iranian influence.
Accident at German flight show kills 1, injures 38
05.09.2010 18:57:11
 A pilot of a small propeller-driven plane lost control of his aircraft while taking off at a flight show in southern Germany and crashed into a group of spectators Sunday, leaving one person dead and 38 injured, police said.
Hameed hits out at fixing 'sting'
05.09.2010 18:38:53
Pakistan's Yasir Hameed says a meeting he had with the News of the World that was secretly recorded has been "inaccurately reported" by the tabloid.
Attack on Iran would destroy Israel: Ahmadinejad
05.09.2010 18:27:16
DOHA (Reuters) - Any attack on Iran would lead to the destruction of Israel, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said during a visit to the Gulf Arab state of Qatar on Sunday. 
US troops summoned in Iraq attack
05.09.2010 18:25:16
US troops are called in to help Iraqi forces battle insurgents behind a deadly attack on an Iraqi army base in Baghdad, security officials tell the BBC.
New Zealand assesses damage
05.09.2010 18:19:43
Officials in New Zealand have been evaluating the damage caused in the city of Christchurch by an earthquake and its many aftershocks.
Basque ETA call to halt attacks met with caution
05.09.2010 18:11:30
MADRID (Reuters) - The Basque rebel group ETA called a halt to armed attacks on Sunday but the government said the declaration was not enough and urged the weakened organization to renounce violence once and for all. 
Guatemala landslides bury up to 100 people
05.09.2010 18:07:47
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - A massive landslide buried up to 100 people in Guatemala trying to dig out a bus caught in deep mud as torrential rains battered the country.
Further landslides hit Guatemala
05.09.2010 18:03:56
Up to 100 people are feared buried by landslides in Guatemala, where 36 are confirmed dead as a result of heavy rains
Number one for debut Murs single
05.09.2010 18:01:27
Former X Factor contestant Olly Murs goes straight to the top of the UK singles chart with his debut single Please Don't Let Me Go.
Second soldier's death announced
05.09.2010 17:52:46
A British soldier dies in hospital of injuries he received in an explosion in Afghanistan, the second British casualty in 24 hours.
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